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Mike's Madness #9

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This issue: Mike expresses his opinions about his favorite music album.

... Think about Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon for a moment. To start with, we have a smart black cover with a rainbow coming out of an almost transparent prism. Such soothing imagery.
And then the music. We have instrumentals, a vocal solo, incredible sound effects, a sometimes heard conversation going on in the background, whiz- bang technical effects, all wrapped up in a musical commentary about death, the meaning of life, isolation, madness, capitalism, war, religion and the military. Each song is rhythmic, and this rhythm can by wholly appreciated even by the everyday layman. Although, personal experience tells me at least
2 or 3 good sized joints of KGB is needed to get the full effect of the music. And those can't be no little "California Slurp" joints, either. I mean fully packed bombers laden with resin-rich buds from plants that have been under the earth for a few months (or years). You smoke three of these.
You can't move, you can't talk, and your mind just shifts into over-drive.
And that's when Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and its rich stew of tunes is at its best.

What else are you going to listen to?:

o Polka? No, polkas only conjure up images of fat, drunk, old German men in shorts stomping drunkly along to music that sounds like it's written to compliment the scores of farts (mostly comprised of beer, sauerkraut and polish sausage and have been known to stun small children) that are constantly being released.

o Rap? Uh-uh. You hear a single line from a rap song and your mind will bounce back to your car battery. Remember it? The 3000 cranking amp battery that cost you three paychecks? And remember how it was in your car when you walked into "Frank's House of Chicken 'n Ribs" and how it wasn't in your car when you walked out? Yes, you remember. Well, rap will give you that same poisoned hate you felt for everyone after you found that one of them had
"sto't yo batt'ry".

o Heavy Metal? Nooooo you won't. The second you hear the heavy metal artist's contribution to the store of musical wisdom you'll instantly realize one of two things:
1) This music that sounds like a bulldozer hitting a pile of bridge supports after having been dropped from the top of the Empire State Building is in fact being sung by a man who is possibly wearing women's clothing.
- or -
2) I'm very stoned. Too stoned, in fact, to want to listen to music written for people who amp 21 days straight. Put the Floyd CD back on.

o Classical: Be serious! This stuff was written by people who were either totally insane or totally boring. It sounds like music written to combat insomnia. Three strands of this stuff and you're out. Period. You'll go comatose and your friend'll have to call up someone to score a dime of crank to wake your ass back up again. Nope, avoid classical at all costs.

o Show Tunes? Shirley, you jest! Show Tunes are the Devil's contribution to music. One stanza of Oklahoma and into your mind snaps the image of some fading alcoholic actress who quit drinking five minutes before her first number going onstage and belting out an ode to a state that is best known for nothing. Nope, avoid these at all costs too.

o ELO? Hell no! All that stuff was done in the 70's. When you hear it, you think abou how you used to be in the 70's. And then you think how young you were in the 70's. And then you think how old you are now. And how much closer to death you are. And then your whole damn trip turns into a nightmare reflection upon your own mortality.

So, as you can plainly see, Pink Floyd's" Side of the "is the
perfect musical companion for any trip of the head. Enjoy!

... And now a message from the Pope.

Hello, this is the Pope and I would like to talk to all you young men about a delicate subject -- self abuse. That's right boys, I wanna talk to you about jacking off. Cut the shit, boys. You give your willie a whack and you're going straight to Hell. The Devil's got a special level for boys who can't keep their hands busy. Just ask any of these famous world leaders:

Adolf Hitler: A bit of self abuse helped me get through the Invasion of
Poland.
H. Hirohito: A quick one off the wrist made me forget all about Hiroshima.
N. Bonapart: I liked to have a quickie while crossing the Alps.
O. North: I used to flog my dolphin while shredding documents.
R. Reagan: Well, I used to like it before I forgot how.
Senator J. Tower: [RETCH!] Bllaaaaaap! Peeeewwwwwkk! [*HEAVE!*] Huka-
huka-huka-huka PEEEEEEWWWWWWWKK!
D. Qualie: Why do you think I joined the National Guard?
G. Bush: I like to pound my potato before every cabinet meeting.
M. Gorbachov: I like to do it while reading Das Capitals.
K. Marx: 'ere! That's revolting!

As you can see boys, self abuse is the easiest way into the geopolitical realm. But it's also a quick ticket to Hell. Remember: Think once, think twice, think "I'm goin' to Hell if I caress my carrot". The soul you save may be your own! And if you're having those kinds of feelings, talk to your preacher. He's a pedarast... ooops! Pedagog.
Now I must go, I have important work to do. (Hey, will one of you
Cardinals hand me that copy of Penthouse? Thanks...)

Sincerely,

The Pope

Not associated with the Mafia.
Well, not a lot, really. Some.
A bit. More than a bit
honestly, but not much more!
Maybe. Well, to be honest,
a lot, actually. Wholly
associated, he is.

Credit: modern-wiccan.blogspot.com

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A Jewish Tradition Stones On A Headstone

Leaving Pebbles or Stones on a Grave MarkerSeptember 26, 2006The Jewish tradition of leaving a pebble or stone on top of a tombstone signifies that someone has honored the deceased person's memory with a visit to the grave. A nice example of this is shown at the end of the movie Schindler's List.Question: Why do we place pebbles on grave stones?by Rabbi Tom LouchheimAnswer:There is no clear answer to this question. We can only guess as to the origins of this tradition.1. An early Midrash Lekah Tov (also known as Pesikta Zutra) 35:20 relates that each of Jacob's sons took a stone and put it on Rachel's grave to make up Rachel's tomb. Here and elsewhere we learn that by placing stones on the grave one participates in building the tombstone. We do not find any direct connection with our present practice, but we might ask if this is an ancient memory of this tradition.2. We learn in the Tosefot to Tractate Sanhedrin 47b (in the Babylonian Talmud), that Rabeinu Tam interpreted the "golel"; as a large stone slab that they place on the grave as a marker and this is called the tombstone as is written (in Genesis 29:35) "It is the tombstone of Rachel's grave." Rabeinu Tam, the grandson of Rashi, goes on to explain that there were smaller stones that were set under the sides of the large stone that rests on them so that it will not bear down too heavily on the deceased. These smaller stones are called the "dofek" (upright stones upon which the large stone rests). To these smaller stones it was a custom to attach a marker until a large slab is found, lest the place of the grave be lost.3. Rabbi Solomon B. Freehof quotes the book Ta-amey Ha-Minagimim (The Reasons for the Customs, pp. 470-471) of late nineteenth century author, Ithak Sperliing: "We put grass and pebbles on the grave to show that the visitor was at the grave. It was a sort of calling card to tell the deceased that you have paid him a visit." (See also Orah Haim 224:8). Furthermore, we find in the Shulhan Arukh Yoreh Deah 376:4 : Now it is practiced after the grave is covered to pluck up grass or pick up a stone and put them on the gravestone, which is only for the honor of the deceased that the grave was visited. (See Freehof, Reform Responsa for our Time, 1977, pp. 291-293).A contemporary respondent, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, confirms this custom, relying on Eliyahu Rabba 224:7 as his source (Responsa YabiaOmer IV, Yoreh Deah 35).In former days one did not mark a grave with marble or granite with a fancy inscription, but one made a cairn of stones over it. Each mourner coming and adding a stone was effectively taking part in the Mitzvah of matzevah ("setting a stone") as well as or instead of levayat ha-meyt ("accompany the dead"). Of course, the dead were often buried where they had fallen, before urbanization and specialization of planning-use demanded formal cemeteries. Nowadays one can no longer bury a relative in the back garden, or on their farm, nor may a deceased traveler be interred by the roadside.Therefore in our day one tends to stick a pebble on top of the tombstone as a relic of this ancient custom, and it is still clear that the more stones a grave has, the more the deceased is being visited and is therefore being honored. Each small pebble adds to the cairn - a nice moral message. This has become slightly spoiled by the cemetery authorities clearing accumulated pebbles off when they wash down the gravestones and cut the grass.There is a custom of plucking grass from the cemetery. The Chief Rabbi of Safed, Moshe ben Yosef Trani, (1500- 1580) stated that we pluck the grass after the burial as a reminder of the resurrection. The idea stems from Psalm 72:18: They shall spring up as the grass of the field.If you prefer, there is a psychoanalytic explanation of this custom. Dr. Theodor Reik explains:People in different parts of the world believed that the soul of the deceased haunts the grave for a long time. On account of that continued fear, prehistoric men rolled great rocks in front of to graves, so that boulders should prevent the dead from escaping and plaguing living relatives.If so, what is the role of the small stones?Reik elucidates: The many small pebbles form a substitute for the one big boulder. It is as though the survivor who had visited the grave of a relative and so exhibits his piety to the dead, protects himself from their envy or hostility by putting those stones in their abode, preventing the dead from escaping. (Theodor Reik, Pagan Rites in Judaism, 1964, pp. 44, 48.)My colleague, Rabbi Andrew Straus offers the following explanation:Ritual is a way of expressing our emotions and spiritual needs. We need physical acts to express these things for us, to make them concrete.Placing a stone on a grave does just that. It works in several ways:1) It is a sign to others who come to the grave when I am not there that they and I are not the only ones who remember. The stones I see on the grave when I come are a reminder to me that others have come to visit the grave. My loved one is remembered by many others and his/her life continues to have an impact on others, even if I do not see them.2) When I pick up the stone it sends a message to me. I can still feel my loved one. I can still touch and be touched by him/her. I can still feel the impact that has been made on my life. Their life, love, teachings, values, and morals still make an impression on me. When I put the stone down, it is a reminder to me that I can no longer take this person with me physically. I can only take him/her with me in my heart and my mind and the actions I do because he/she taught me to do them. Their values, morals, ideals live on and continue to impress me - just as the stone has made an impression on my hands - so too their life has made an impression on me that continues.(c) 2006, Temple Emanu-El of San Jose, except as noted for additional content used with permission and/or as attributed to original author. All Rights Reserved.

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Success Spell

You movement need:

A green candle

A fuming candle

A talisman with your religious symbol (pentacle, upset, star of David, etc)

Situate a green candle on one interface of a room. Situate a fuming candle on the other interface. Now, light the fuming candle. Like your religious talisman hanging from a operate or group (to be torn as a necklace) dangling from your fix hand, choose up the fuming (lit) candle with your fix hand. Now stroll in a construct line agilely the room directly to the green candle. By way of the fuming one, light the green candle. Set down the candle so they sit after that to each other. Drone,

"I stroll forth in need doubt and agonize,

And expertise draws me adjoining."

Lay the necklace in leader of it and reflect for awhile on the expertise you request. Let the candles glow themselves down, and wear the necklace whenever you wish expertise you project you. While you stroll feathers a gate to job interviews, auditions, or somewhere you request expertise, imagine how you walked in a construct line in your ritual, and by design make an fault to do the identical following death feathers the gate.

Origin: candle-magic.blogspot.com

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Which Is Most Effective Black Magic Or White Magic

baba anwer khan is one of the famous personas in helping the people many ways in turn to GET BACK THEIR LOVE, life and all. Mostly, people will get depressed during the failure; it might be of love, business, career, exams, or even in the personal life. Some people will tolerate and adjust the failure, but many of the people could not tolerate failure. In such case, if they do not want to meet the failure in life, obviously, they can meet Babaji. Babaji will help the person by his mantras and the spells to get back their lost things. Many people have lost their husband or girl friends or money in the business. Once, if they meet baba anwer khan, certainly, their trouble will get resolved and they need not to wait for long time. Their trouble will be solved within a short period of time. Numerous numbers of people have got benefitted after approaching him and he is specialist in doing the BLACK MAGIC,WHITE MAGIC, spells, Mantra's, Yantra's and still more. If you have any problem in your life, without doubt, you can approach them. He has more than twenty five years of experience in this field and you can approach for all your troubles in life like, love mantra to get back your lost love, solve love problems, tips to get your love back, bring your love back by tantra and ilam, cure black magic, real black magic spells and tips to bring lost love, white magic, bring your love back and still more. Many people have narrated their own experience in the official site and if you have any doubt, you can see them directly. You can contact them through the official site, their mail id and the contact numbers are given in the official site.

Reference: ceremonial-magic.blogspot.com

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This Is Your Life Rebekah

Rebekah

What is she?: Rebekah Mikaelson is a thousand year old original vampire who is obsessed with becoming human so she can have babies.

Biography: Rebekah Mikaelson is one of the Original Vampires, 1,000 years old, one of the first of their kind. She came to America with her siblings and her parents - including her witch mother. When her mother cast a spell to grant her children eternal life, she turned them into vampires that can only be killed with the White Oak. All other vampires draw their ancestry from one of the siblings. Since her creation Rebekah has wandered the world and spent a lot of it looking for love and some way to become human, angsting about it - and being locked in coffins by her brother, which is something of a habit of his. She really needs a hobby - and joining high schools and pretending to be a teenager isn't a hobby, it's creepy.

What We love about her: Well, not a lot to be honest. But she hates Elena, that's one thing, we're always behind someone who isn't on Elena's fanclub.

What we hate about her: Rebekah loves angst so much that when she is not busy planning to go to the prom and becoming the world's first vampire cheerleaders (and we have to say, this 1,000 year old vampire obsessed with becoming a teenager is more than a little creepy), she has to stir the pot. Of all the vampires on The Vampire Diaries, Rebekah is by far the most childlike and by that I don't mean the whole "it's a small world after all" deal, but a ridiculous 2 year old; constantly 3 seconds away from a full blown temper tantrum. Her obsession with being human is not even remotely explained on the show - at best some nebulous wish to have children (like there are no other ways?) and to fall in love (which vampires seem to do quite often - at least when Elena is around). The minute a male pays the slightest attention to her, she begins fawning immediately. Despite all of her power and strength, Rebekah has zero self confidence and extremely low self esteem.

Television Series: The Vampire Diaries

Credit: masonsofheaven.blogspot.com

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News Occult Graffiti Linked To Missing Student

The family of a student who disappeared a year ago believe he might have last visited a disused underground bunker to see erotic "occult" graffiti, according to a story in The Yorkshire Post.

Missing 18-year-old Russell Bohling had apparently been looking at images of RAF Bempton, a former radar station near Bridlington, East Yorkshire, on his computer a couple of weeks before he disappeared on 2 March, 2010.

According to news stories, Russell's father is concerned that his son might have been in contact with an "occult" group or someone connected with the graffiti.

He told news site This Is Hull they are nature worshippers who honour pagan gods - they do not worship the Devil. And the graffiti on those walls really has nothing to do with witches or witchcraft - and almost certainly has nothing to do with the occult either.

I very much hope that Russell Bohling is found safe and well. My thoughts go out to his father, who must be desperate for any news about him. So, if anyone reading my blog knows anything about Russell's whereabouts, please tell him to phone his dad.

I also hope that I can put people's minds a bit at ease that this graffiti is nothing more than a set of crude and lurid images, unconnected with witches or the occult.

Links

http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/fear-son-murdered/article-2115179-detail/article.html

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/at-a-glance/top-stories/student may have been lured to occult bunker father fears 1 3128596

http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/sites/b/bempton/tour/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/phill dvsn/sets/72157616974230235/

http:/www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=550296

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Buffy The Vampire Slayer 3 1 And 3 2 Anne And Dead Man Party

BUFFY: This'll probably go faster if we split up. LILY: Can I come with you? BUFFY: Okay, where did I lose you on the whole splitting up thing?There's a confidence that coats a television show in its third season, now the writers are certain they have an established audience of sufficient numbers to keep a network happy. You can't ever rest on your laurels in this biz, but it's only natural that a show will start taking risks in a third year... you just hope they pay off. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"'s season 3 premiere "ANNE" felt like a brave change of direction, with a heartbroken Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) now living under an assumed name in a bad Los Angeles neighbourhood, employed as a diner waitress pestered by morons, although Joss Whedon knew he couldn't keep this going forever. In 1998, genre TV was less experimental than it is today, because the notion of Buffy separated from her friends would have formed a four or five episode arc in 2012!Back in Sunnydale, life goes on-although without The Slayer it's understandably difficult for Willow (Alyson Hannigan), Xander (Nicholas Brendon), Giles (Anthony Head), Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter) and Oz (Seth Green) to keep the town's vampire population in check. Cue lots of amusing scenes with the Scooby Gang trying to stake vamps minus the super-strength, agility and clever puns that Buffy brings to the party. Plus there was more of Cordelia and Xander's self-destructive relationship, as they both still don't fully believe they're good together and could be happy if they accepted this.But the real story was with runaway Buffy, who learned that you can change your name and move somewhere nobody knows you, but your past will always catch up with you. Here it came in the form of Lily (Julia Lee), the vampire cult member from season 2's "Lie to Me", who recognised Buffy working at the diner while eating with her boyfriend Rickie (Chad Todhunter). Unsurprisingly, Lily soon came looking for Buffy's help when Rickie went missing and, wouldn't you just know it, helped uncover yet another demonic cult in the process. This one being a literal underbelly of the city, accessible via an oily portal controlled by pastor Ken (Carlos Jacott), whom it's revealed is a scarred demon who kidnaps people from the streets above and forces them into hellish slave labour... until they grow old and useless, only to be returned to the real world as half-crazed "homeless" people muttering to themselves.I really liked the themes of this episode and the partial supernatural explanation for a city's hobo community. It was also a great wake-up call for despondent Buffy to be presented with a problem of this nature, which only she can possibly help with, and an adventure that plausibly saw her start valuing herself once again. I was surprised, because the first quarter-hour felt dicey (Buffy dreaming of Angel on a beach felt ripped from a saccharine Mills what with the return of a fairly minor character in Lily, who here had the most screen time after Gellar! I guess Whedon just liked the actress? (I note from IMdB she'll appear in some "Angel" episodes, but will investigate no further.)Overall, "Anne" was a decent start to the third season and something very different to what I was expecting. Modern taste has me wishing we'd explored Buffy's separation from her friends and family for a little longer, because she's back on her mother's (Kristine Sutherland) doorstep by the time the credits roll, but in some ways I'm glad the show will just get back to business now. By the by, great to see the opening titles updated with slicker footage and (to my ear) a slightly punchier version of the theme tune, while the scale of the demonic underworld felt indicative of "BtVS" being awarded a bigger budget by The WB. They've even found enough extras to make Sunnydale High feel like a thriving school, and Giles's library has students inside actually loaning books! "GILES: Unbelievable! "Do you like my mask? Isn't it pretty? It raises the dead!" Americans!"I was glad "DEAD MAN'S PARTY" didn't gloss over the repercussions of Buffy's three-month disappearance, but it was nevertheless a pretty basic episode considering the potential of "BtVS" tackling zombies for the first time. Buffy made her return to Sunnydale and quickly realised her friends were hurt and frustrated she ran away-particularly Willow, who missed having a best friend to discuss her relationship with Oz and sudden interest in witchcraft. So this was mainly an episode of reconciliation between the Scooby Gang, and on that level it worked well to get us back to where we left of.The supernatural angle was of less importance, although it provided some fun. Joyce had brought a creepy Nigerian mask home with her and attached it to Buffy's wall, where it proceeded to reanimate a dead cat they found in the garage (a nod to "Pet Semetary"?) before starting on some of the town's fresh corpses. This all coincided with a party at the Summers household, gate-crashed by Oz's band and Sunnydale students (so Buffy is popular now?), leading to the titular melee with the undead drawn towards the mask-which belongs to zombie demon Ovu Mobani (aka Evil Eye).Season 3's quite angst-ridden at the moment because it's tackling the fallout to last season, and I personally find it a little difficult to feel the emotions of Buffy's predicament. She seems to grumble an inordinate amount of time, and I never really understood why she'd leave her friends and family after being forced to kill boyfriend Angel last year. Aren't they exactly the people who would understand and be a great support through this situation? The quicker the show lays all that to rest and just cracks on with this season's mytharc, the better.Overall, "Dead Man's Party" accomplished what it needed to and the climactic attack on Buffy's house, with Joyce's book club friend Pat (Nancy Lenehan) becoming possessed by Ovu Mobani, was certainly an entertaining spectacle. It's just that the supernatural hooey of this episode seemed to get in the way of the character-based stuff that was being communicated, and dragged things down somewhat.WRITTEN BY JOSS WHEDON (3.1) & MARTI NOXON (3.2) / DIRECTED BY JOSS WHEDON (3.1) & JAMES WHITMORE JR (3.2) / 29 SEPTEMBER & 6 OCTOBER 1998

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